Chapter five hundred and twentieth fourth consecutive death
The real people from various families in Yuzhou who came to pay homage were greatly shocked when they saw the Yang family's complicated sacrificial rituals, especially the appointment of a temple, a posthumous title, and the right to enjoy the ancestral temple, which made everyone feel envious.
Even if a real-level elder of the Shaking Sky Sect dies, the sect will only pay tribute to him after his death. How can there be such mourning and honor after death?
However, the actions of the Yang family today are obviously more than that. The previous ones were all for the deceased elders, and they are equally important for the people who are still alive today.
Yang Chengzhao's calm voice came out, and the aura and pressure of the three generations of Yang family patriarchs emanated autonomously: "
The third generation of the Yang family held the title of Erchenbin, and was awarded the title of First-Class Loyalty and Qinbo;
The three generations of the Yang family have achieved great success, and were awarded the title of First Class Zhongyong Bo;
The three generations of the Yang family carried out Liu Cheng Ming, and were awarded the title of First-class Zhongyi Bo;
The three generations of the Yang family have made 70% of their fortunes, and were awarded the title of First-class Zhonghe Bo;
Sun's Wu Jian was awarded the title of Second-Class Zhongping Bo;
The rest of the Chengzi generation were awarded the title of third-class uncle; "
There are thirteen people in the three generations of the Yang family, and they all survived the hard times.
Now the eldest Yang Chengzhao is 210 years old, and the youngest Yang Chengan is nearly 180 years old. Most of them are only in the past few decades.
Yang Chengzhao originally wanted to make his brothers and sisters marquis, but he gave up this idea after Yang Hongyuan's persuasion.
It's not that Yang Hongyuan is stingy, but that he has to be generous. Being one of the first tribesmen to receive the title is already a great honor.
Secondly, it also paved the way for future generations. For example, Yang Chengzhao awarded the title of Taigong to the nine great masters of his generation, and they were entitled to enjoy the Taigong Temple. This won the hearts of the Yang family and at the same time raised their prestige to a higher level.
It also allows many clan members to move forward bravely and make more contributions to the family. If the descendants are unworthy, the ancestors will be affected, and the title will be demoted and the posthumous title will be removed. If the descendants are successful, they can naturally be promoted to titles and titles.
With Yang Chengbin as the leader, his descendants bowed down and thanked them one after another. Yang Chengzhao ignored everyone's thoughts and spoke again:
"There are thirteen meridians in the whole generation, five branch meridians, and a total of eighteen meridians. If the descendants are unworthy, they will not be able to meet the direct lineage requirements of the family.
Today, I am issuing a special order to select one person in the current generation to be promoted to the direct line, so as to ensure that the lineage continues to have generations and incense, which is called hereditary substitution!"
"The patriarch has mercy!"
When Yang Huaiduan, the current second-in-law of the Yang family, heard this, he fell to the ground.
Now that his life is running out, what he is thinking about most is that his second wife's descendants have no talent to develop.
I was worried about losing the lineage inheritance in the Chengzi generation. Now with Yang Chengzhao's instructions, I can finally go to see my ancestors with peace of mind.
Yang Huaichang was like this, Yang Huaichen, Yang Huaihao, Yang Chengwei, and Yang Chengyun were also inexplicably excited, and even Yang Chengyi and the others were full of gratitude.
After all, who can guarantee that talented people will be born in their own lineage for generations? If they fall out of the direct line, it will not mean that the whole generation is cut off, and their lineage will not lose the incense and sacrifices.
Now with this metaphorical order issued by Yang Chengzhao, I can feel at ease.
Because of the contributions of many members of the Yang family when the Yang family first rose, it was enough for the Yang family to be able to do this to their people.
As for Huai, Hong and their descendants, they have to fight on their own.
Grand Duke Gong'an dealt with people from the collateral and external clans of the Yang family, while the nine princes dealt with many branch clansmen, and those who became uncles were the direct clan members of Anding.
The introduction of hereditary substitution completely relieved the worries of the main lineage of the Yang family.
In this way, after Emperor Decheng and Dun Chunxi established the temple and established the posthumous title, and under the great seal of the clan members, the cohesion of the growing Yang clan will surely reach a higher level.
"The Yang family establishes posthumous titles in the temple. In addition to honoring the elders who have passed away, they will also add posthumous titles and honors to the meritorious members of my Yang family.
Anyone who served as an official for one term, brought benefits to the country, and made great achievements was granted a title during his lifetime and a posthumous title after his death.
Anyone who has been injured in battle and has made great achievements will be honored during his lifetime and given the posthumous title of "Martial Arts" after his death."
As soon as Yang Chengzhao said something, the whole hall roared, and everyone was inexplicably excited.
When he was alive, he was awarded a noble title, and after his death, he was awarded a posthumous title and a temple, and he became an immortal. Who wouldn't want to gain the fame before and after his death?
As the grand memorial ceremony for the second-generation patriarch of the Yang family ended, various details began to spread throughout Yuzhou like the wind.
All over Yuzhou, monks and mortals alike were talking about all this, and the heads of various sects secretly sighed at the power of Yang Hongyuan of the Yang family.
Since the Yang family occupied the territory of the five counties of Yu, Yao, Zhang, Xi, and Lang, the entire Yang family has expanded rapidly with the development of the imperial examination system.
As a result, the foundation of the Yang family was relatively weak. Firstly, the land they occupied used to be scattered and large. Secondly, due to the imperial examination system, children from various families in the seven counties were integrated into the Yang family.
Although the Yang family's power is expanding rapidly, it also causes an unstable foundation.
But now the unfolding of a sacrificial ceremony has united the hearts of people in the seven counties of the Yang family and gathered in Feng'an Palace.
Regardless of whether they are members of the Yang family or people with other surnames in the seven counties, everyone goes to the Yang family and offers sacrifices to the elders and sages in Feng'an Palace.
The ancients said that what comes with profit must also be dissipated by profit. The imperial examination system is naked profit.
And this grand sacrificial ceremony was the name of the ancestral temple system, which made people in the seven counties all yearn for the Yang family.
The Yang family has attracted talented people from the seven counties in Yinli, and used the name of the ancestral temple to appease people's hearts. With fame and fortune in hand, the Yang family's rule in the seven counties is naturally as stable as Mount Tai.
In the following years, people from the three generations of Yang Jiacheng, Huai and Hong began to pass away one after another.
After all, although many clan members have advanced to the warrior realm, they are only at the first or second level. If they live to be 200 years old, they are considered to be very old.
Yang Chengbin was posthumously granted the title of first-class Zhongqin Marquis, and Yang Chengyi and others were also posthumously granted the title of marquis, and were entitled to enjoy the Imperial Ancestral Temple, and their shrines were sent to the East Side Hall.
Sun Wujian, on the other hand, had to enter the West Wing Hall, where two fathers and sons from one family were paired with the Imperial Ancestral Temple, which was a great honor.
When the Hongzi generation passed away, some of the martial arts monks of the Huaizi generation also passed away.
Yang Huaiyi, the second of the fourth generation of the Yang family, was awarded the title of earl and the posthumous title "Wenxiang" in recognition of his merits.
Yang Huaizhi, the fourth generation of the Yang family, was awarded the title of Count in recognition of his meritorious service and received the posthumous title of "Wu Shun".
In this way, everyone understood that the two ancestors of the Yang family all designated temples and posthumous titles, while only two of the second generation designated temples and posthumous titles, and the remaining two just designated temple names.
Among the three generations of the Yang family, it seems that only Yang Chengzhao will enjoy this honor in the future, while the other three generations will be posthumously named marquis and worthy of enjoying the Ancestral Temple.
But now the fourth generation of the Yang family has begun to wither, and the two people with the highest rank have only been granted the posthumous title of earl and are entitled to enjoy the Ancestral Temple.
It is estimated that there are many people in the fourth generation who cannot even enter the east and west side halls, but the Hongzi generation can only rely on their own abilities.
When the Yang family was newly established, although their ancestors had low cultivation levels, they worked hard together to create such a large family business.
Although the younger generations have high cultivation and can enjoy their achievements, their achievements are not as far as those of their predecessors. Naturally, if they want to earn a posthumous reputation, they have to work hard on their own.